Nebraska House Works On Dry Bill And Lobby Efforts
Lincoln Jan 17 The Nebraska Legislature moves to tackle prohibition with a new dry bill from the Dry Federation aiming to ban liquor sales in drug stores and set monthly import limits by family. A House committee plans to blend the best features from multiple bills and hold public hearings. Governor Neville urges homeward bound National Guard units from the border.
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Lincoln
House
Senate
Nebraska
Nebraska Dry Federation
BE. E. Thomas
Omaha
W. T. Thompson
H. F. Carson
Dry Federation
House Committee
Norton
Thomas
Waite
Flansburg
Hostetler
Speakers’ Club
A. G. Wolfenbarger
Senate Committee
Keith Neville
Secretary of War
Washington
National Guard
Fort Crook
Alliance to host two Nebraska conventions in May and June
Alliance expects state conventions of Knights of Columbus and Associated Commercial Clubs to bring delegates from across Nebraska. County and local leaders highlight the events as a chance to showcase Box Butte and western Nebraska. County Agent F M Seidell keynotes on potato industry and Western Nebraska’s leading cash crop.
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Knights of Columbus
Associated Commercial Clubs
Nebraska Stockmen
Alliance
North Platte
The
Odd Fellows
Rebekaha
Knights of Columbus of
Nebraska
H. M. Bushnell, Jr
Box Butte County
Associated Commercial Clubs of
John W. Guthrie
Box Butte
F. M. Seidell
Lincoln
E. G. Eneglehorn
L. J. Schill
A. H. Grove
W. E. Spencer
Co. A. Newberry
L. D. Blair
E. T. Kibble
W. J. Mahaffy
R. W. Mahaffy
John O'Keefe
Oscar O'Bannon
Alex Yee
University Farm
City
Commercial Club
Lindell
Lincoln City
A. SS. Enyeart
Hemingford
Nebraska Corn Growers Association
Seidell
Nebraska State Horticultural Society
Nebraska Potato Industry.” Mr. Seidell
Nebraska Agricultural Extension Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Extension Service
Union
Office of Markets and Rural Organization
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Platte Valley
Broken Bow
Potash Plant Planned East of Alliance in Box Butte
Nebraskas alkali industry draws attention as new Birdsell plant seven miles east of Alliance aims to produce potash using proven processes. Capital of 100000 dollars and rapid construction target by July 1917 hint at broader consolidation of alkali resources across Alliance Sheridan and Box Butte counties.
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Alliance
Box Butte
Sheridan
Nebraska
Woley
Alkell
Birdsell
Box Butte County
Potash Products Company
Hoffland
Nebraska Potash Works
American Potash Works
Antioch
Hord Alkali Products Company
Lakeside
Herald Reporter
Burlington
Lincoln State Journal
Journal
Europe
Arrest of Ed Jeffers in Bayard on wife desertion charges
Ed Jeffers was arrested Tuesday at Bayard after escaping while out on bond. Sheriff Cal Cox had been pursuing him and he was bound over to the district court following a preliminary hearing before the county court on a wife desertion charge.
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Ed Jeffers
Bayard
Cal Cox
Farmers receive over one hundred thousand dollars in Box Butte
Box Butte county farmers and dairymen sold cream to Alliance Creamery totaling 101 881 dollars in the past year. Spencer, manager, told the company board that 440 247 pounds of butter 111 car loads of artificial ice and 15 289 gallons of ice cream were produced. The year showed a 22 percent business gain and a five percent dividend was paid. The creamery plans further improvements and growth for the coming year. A separate brief notes a small fire at H J Ellis residence 417 Laramie damaging a chicken coop with minimal damage after quick extinguishment by the fire department.
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Box Butte County
Allance Creamery
Spencer
Alliance Creamery
Alliance
Hickens
H. J. Ellis
Laramie
Hia
Son of Mr and Mrs Sitzman Dead at One Month Old
Clarence, baby son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Sitzman of 219 Toluca, died Wednesday afternoon from pneumonia at one month and ten days old. He is survived by his parents and a three year old brother Bernard. Funeral services will be held at the home Saturday afternoon. Mr. Sitzman is an engineer with the Burlington. Sympathy extended by friends and the Herald.
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Clarence
Henry C. Sitzman
Toluca
Bernard
Sitanan
The
Burlington
Herald
Henry Royat
J. W Bicknell
Carl Bicknell
Will'am Rice
Alliance Plans Stockmen Reunion In June
Alliance Commercial Club aims to host a large stockmen reunion June 27 28 and 29 with races stock exhibits bucking horse contests midway carnival and a planned fall festival. The Box Butte County Fair Association will decide merging the event with the fair after January 26.
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Alliance Commercial Club
Alliance
Overal
Valentine
Commission
Alliance. It Is Believed That the Stockmen
Box Butte County Fair Association
The
Fair Association
Commercial Club
County Agent Work to Continue in Box Butte
Box Butte County Board of Commissioners approved a 1500 dollar appropriation to maintain the county agent program. The move follows petitions from landowners and business leaders in Alliance and supports continued federal and state funding. County agent F. M. Seidell will remain in charge.
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Box Butte
Board of County Commissioners
Box Butte County
Alliance
Sheridan
F. M. Seidell
Alliance High School Players Receive Striped Soccer Sweaters
The 1916 Alliance High School football team was presented with sweaters Monday morning. Stripes on the left arm indicate each year the player has played on the team.
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Alliance
Funeral Rites for Carl Bicknell Held at Toluca Home
Funeral services for Carl Bicknell, about twenty, who died from injuries after an automobile accident near Alliance, were held at his parents’ home on Toluca street with Rev. William Carson Shaw officiating. Interment followed in Greenwood cemetery. The article recounts the crash, the rescue, and the emotional scene as friends and family mourned his loss.
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Carl Bicknell
J. W. Bicknell
Toluca
William Carson Shaw
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Alliance
Harrim
William Rice
Gordon
Mr. Rice
City
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Ripley
E. O. Mayfield
Sunday World-Herald
State Board of Control
Neville
Howard Kennedy
State Senate
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Mayfield
Nebraska State Association of Commercial Clubs
House of Representatives
Board of Irrigation, Highways and Drainage
Conservation and Public Welfare Commission
Seldell
Sheridan County
A. C. North
Uliuwew
Mwirdsell
Mammoth Potash Refinery
Jeffers
Mir
Sitzman
Plan Stockmen
Heleiun
F. W. Hicks
Mra. Rt
L. Harrie
Martin Wilson
Harrie Ranch
Harris Ranch
Tia Bank
Bicknell
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